Katter party to field ACT candidates

Katter's Australian Party is fielding candidates in the ACT for the federal election.

Dennis O'Day will stand for the seat of Canberra against incumbent Gai Brodtmann.

Composer and theatre director Steven Bailey, 29, has been endorsed as a candidate for the Senate.

Mr Bailey says he will be focusing on public service jobs and saving the ANU School of Music.

"When there was unprecedented support to keep that place open last year, I asked where was Labor, where was Liberal, where were the Greens?" he said.

"The ACT had no voice to keep that place open and I'd like to bring that back to the fore."

Mr Bailey says the Katter's Australian Party should not be judged on misconceptions.

"I'm not here to ask the ACT for their vote, I'm here to earn their vote and that's what I'll be doing over the next seven months or eight months," he said.

"How people relate to the party is up to them, all I can do is do my best and listen to the people of the ACT."

Bob Katter admits it will be difficult for a third force to secure votes.

"Canberra is a target area for us because we've been tenaciously opposed to the public service cutbacks," he said.

"Bjelke-Petersen Government, for all of their shortcomings, they never sacked any public servants, they had a remarkable record and of course I was second or third ranking minister in that government when it fell."

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